The legs are throbbing, mouth is being a bitch and the head is aching. All the while it’s not enough to make an appointment at the free clinic, so I’ll just have to wait until April for that physical. Is this how it felt at Sochi? Amenities scarce, pains all over? I’ll assume so and say that at least I have a fitting soundtrack for the day because The Tower of Dudes’ Make Your Own Culture, for the most part, sounds like Russia exploded in my living room.
When the record wasn’t giving me folk punk with “Party (Like You Used To Could),” it was serving up music that’d likely be a gypsy girl’s go to. Songs from the title track to “10000 Hours” gave me images of what I believe a Russian bar is like; nomad travelers letting loose with a beer in hand. The Tower of Dudes create tracks like “Dum” and “We Never Learn Anything” for the quirky people out there. Those who often dress in layers of ambiguity while making their own paths. Side note…does anyone else hear the Ren & Stimpy similarity in “Lower Shelf Taste?”
A pain pill is in my near future, as soon as I wrap this up for you. The Tower of Dudes Make Your Own Culture is definitely not for your Top 40 lover, oh no. It’s more for a special niche of people who are the sheep who wandered far from the flock and created their own little world. If you’re an eccentric person who likes gypsy-like ways intertwined with folk and a dash of punk, then mark your calendars because Make Your Own Culture drops March 1st.
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